A manhunt is underway early Sunday as police searched for a gunman in a rural area of southeastern Kentucky who is believed to have shot and injured five people near Interstate 75.
The shooting on Saturday happened around 5 p.m. local time. The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office reported that “numerous people were shot” near the highway.
Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, a spokesperson for the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office, said when troopers arrived at the scene in London, a small city of about 8,000 located about 75 miles south of Lexington, they found numerous vehicles on the side of the highway at Exit 49.
“When our first two units got to the scene there, they said it was a madhouse: people on the sides of the road, emergency flashers going, bullet holes, windows shot out, nine vehicles shot. Can you imagine that? Just chaotic,” Acciardo said Sunday during a news conference.
Five people were shot and all were in stable condition early Sunday, although some of the victims had “very serious” injuries, including one person who was shot in the face, Acciardo said.